Indiana University – Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Researcher Yun Liu led a study that created a powerful new molecule for the extraction of salt from liquid. He did the work as a Ph.D. student at Indiana University. Built using chemical bonds previously regarded as too weak, the new molecule is about 10 billion times improved compared to a similar structure created more than a decade ago. Liu published his work in the journal Science.

The Atlantic – An observed difference between bonobos – African apes that are closely related to chimpanzees – and chimps is both important and expected, says Michelle Rodrigues, an anthropologist and Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellow. Researchers knew that a male bonobo’s social rank depends on his mother’s, but it wasn’t clear if that was due to beneficial genes. “But if that was the case, we would see a similar pattern in chimps,” Rodrigues says. That we don’t, even though the two species are so genetically similar, “makes a compelling case” that it’s the differences in their social lives that matter.

Rodrigues commented on a story examining research showing that bonobo mothers interfere in their sons' sex lives in order to try to further their own genetic legacies.

Find. Fight. Follow. That’s how Fatemeh Ostadhossein describes how nanoparticles can be used to solve biomedical challenges—first, to detect disease at an early stage; second, to target and treat disease; and third, to evaluate the outcome of the treatment.

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Located at the west end of the Beckman Institute Atrium, the Beckman Café features flavored coffees, espresso, cappuccino, mocha, Italian and French sodas, and pastries of various kinds.Hours: M - F: 8 AM - 3:15PM